Morgan Volunteer
Senior Member
Last Activity: 09-23-2023, 12:31 PM
Joined: 01-10-2010
Location: Orange ct
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We worked on Fire Fighter's mufflers. I don't know if they are original, but they are showing signs of old age.
Last year when we came back...Leave a comment:
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On the way to breakfast to meet the guys, I stopped in to the Rossie Mill building where all the boats and engines, not on display, are stored.
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September 21, 2023
Virginia looks about ready for launch. Some of the sails are back on and everything is looking quite spiffy....Leave a comment:
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Hot glue makes it easy to set the points.
This is a 24 foot long board, all one piece. It will be the plank he's making the...Last edited by Morgan Volunteer; 09-22-2023, 08:53 AM.Leave a comment:
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I asked the guys if they had been steaming any of the planks and they said, yes, all of them. It makes sense, but I had no idea.
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September 14, 2023
It was a slow day for Jake and me. All we did on Fire Fighter was to help coil up the crane cable and put the emergency...Leave a comment:
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The Mystic Fire Department donated an old pump that is frozen and here the guys are trying to free it up.
Nick is trying...Leave a comment:
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Scott has been restoring this very old Lathrop, six horsepower engine.
He says it's the more expensive model because it has...Leave a comment:
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September 7, 2023
I started out going through the DuPont barn and found some work on the New Haven Sharpie was going on.
This...Leave a comment:
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Work on deck.
On Fire Fighter Jim and his friends are removing some of the hardware that runs the two cranes on board.
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Virginia.
Pulling out the cutlass bearing using a home made slide hammer.
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August 31, 2023
In the shipyard break room there is a new planner chart showing the estimates of project dates.
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As a kid I never had a dream of being a fireman. There's always time.
Life Star is going home.
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Fire Fighter does her thing.
This is old stuff for John. He was a captain in the West Hartford Fire Department....Leave a comment:
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Life Star landed.
Brownie's truck again.
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August 30, 2023
Thanks Rich.
Continuing with my three week vacation pictures.
Coming home late one night.
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The museum is called the Slater Museum, and has modern art and older items too.
The statues below are all plaster casts of the originals....Last edited by Morgan Volunteer; 09-09-2023, 12:33 PM.Leave a comment:
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Jamie is laying out lines on another hull plank for Catherine Wedmore.
He's been at the seaport for quite a while now although...Leave a comment:
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I guess this is the gentlest way on the hull to get a boat out of the water. Having a graving plan is very important.
It's NOT cheap!!!...Leave a comment:
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